I made a v2 AI that handles my DMs so I don’t have to talk to people anymore

Reddit r/artificial 04/20/26, 07:16 PM Tools

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Summary

A developer built a V2 AI chat assistant that autonomously manages their direct messages, featuring web search, image reading, voice note transcription, GIF sending, memory of past conversations, and automatic follow-ups. The tool has processed ~500k tokens across ~500 messages, raising questions about authentic social interaction.

Built a V2 of my chat assistant and honestly it’s starting to feel wrong. It reads conversations, replies automatically, and adjusts tone so people don’t lose interest. Now it also: • does web search mid-chat • reads images people send • transcribes + replies to voice notes • sends context-based GIFs • remembers things like birthdays and past chats • sends follow-ups if you forget • lets you steer conversations if they go off track • summarizes every \~25 messages for context \~500k tokens used across \~500 messages so far. At this point I’m not even sure if I’m texting people or just supervising a system that texts for me. Is this useful… or just socially cursed?

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